Re: installing via BIOS

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Aseem, You can rt click on MyComputer>select Manage>Disk Management
If you
have Unallocated Space you can Partition and Format from there. You can
also use a Win98 bootdisk to format and partition a hard drive. The Bios
does not do that for you.
You will have to go into the Bios and change the boot order to floppy
as first boot device. You can get a boot disk
here. www.bootdisk.com How much space on your drive is left that
hasnt been formatted?

"Aseem" <Aseem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:72C1EF0C-F98D-4444-B0A5-7157836F7C2E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> hi all,
> i just installed the full version of WindowsXP home via regular procedure,
> that is the one dictated by bootable CD. But it did not format the whole
> hard
> disc, even though I selected that option.
>
> would like to know how to install it via BIOS, i've heard that way it
> completely formats the disc and you computer is like new.
>
> Thanks


.

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